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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - Hand of Faith - Gold Bullion
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Thickness | 2.3 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of the Hand of Faith gold nugget, the world's largest gold nugget found by a metal detector, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The numeral 250 appears as a privy mark commemorating the 250th anniversary of James Cook's first voyage, flanked by surrounding legends identifying the coin's bullion specification. The design is framed by the inscriptions AUSTRALIAN NUGGET, HAND OF FAITH, the Perth Mint's P mintmark, the year 2020, and the specifications 1/4 oz and 9999 GOLD. |
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| Mint | Perth Mint, Australia (1899-date) |
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The Hand of Faith nugget — found in 1980 near Kingower, Victoria, by Kevin Hillier using a metal detector — remains the largest gold nugget ever recovered by that method, weighing just over 27 kilograms. Its sale to the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas for approximately $1 million USD that same year marked the end of Australia's most celebrated modern gold find. Perth Mint has returned to it repeatedly as a bullion series subject, leaning on Victoria's nineteenth-century gold rush associations even though the nugget itself never came near a mint.